The View from a Ridge


Posted by Anthony Medici on Tue Aug 24, 2004 5:48 pm

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(Denali) Denali National Park, Alaska

This was taken on the same day as the previous image from the same ridge line. This image represents the ridge line the way we saw it from our vantage point.

Since the vista was so wide, I decided to try and stitch four images together to get this image. I think I adjusted for everything except I didn't quite get the nodal point of the camera set correctly and at full size, one of the closest bushes to the camera in the center shows this inconsistency. The resulting image was 6800 x 1500 pixels and would result in a slightly longer than 54" image if printed 12" tall.

I'd love to do this on a clear day when the haze from the smoke wasn't present.

Tripod mounted Nikon D2H, 17-55AFS, ISO 200, @ 34mm, Manual, 1/200 @ F16, Manual focus. Four Stitched images.
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:30 pm
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Nice pan! Again I think I would selectively increase the contrast in the mountainous top of the photo.
 

by Paul Skoczylas on Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:27 pm
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I'd agree with EJ. It's a very nice shot, but the mountain needs a bit more oomph!

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by Anthony Medici on Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:32 pm
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I'd love to know how to give them "more oomph" without spending loads of hours working in Photoshop. This is very reminiscent of my Eagle in the Snow image where I needed to tone down the sky to bring out the snow flakes. Here I need to increase the contrast of the mountains (bring out the darks) without effecting the foreground. When I try to do this, I end up with a transition line that either too bright or too dark where I separate the image. Fixing that line on an image of this size will be very time consuming.

Any thoughts on how this could be done quicker?
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by Paul Skoczylas on Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:44 pm
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Couldn't you simulate an NDG? Make a layer mask which covers the bottom section, with a blurred edge so the transition isn't visible. Then use that layer mask on levels/curves/saturation adjustment layers to get the results you want. Seems to me that with such a flat border between the regions, it shouldn't be that hard...

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